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I wish to acknowledge the help of a number of people who assisted me in the
translation of the Yizkor Book. My wife, Cheryl Lewin who read at least one
page every day for the past year. She did the reading in Yiddish and I
translated into English.

My mother, Freda Lewin who translated a great many words which are similar in
German. My uncle, Pinie Levine who was an invaluable resource helping in the
translation of many words the meaning of which could only be known by someone
from the locality of Losice, Poland.

Gila Isaacs, a volunteer at the Jewish Heritage of Western Canada, giving
kindly of her time to translate stories from Hebrew into English. Ada Holtzman,
for doing such a wonderful job in the name of the Jewish survivors of Losice
and their children who are concerned enough to remember what once was, and to
attempt to correct what is.

Viktor Lewin April 2003

Translated by Viktor Lewin

Edited by Ada Holtzman

([H] indicates that the article appears in Hebrew and [Y]
indicates that it is in Yiddish)